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And finally...Shock! This time OLeary is right to moan at DAA

MICHAEL O’LEARY’S propensity to make pronouncements, and his unabashed self-interest, have a downside. Often when the mouthy Ryanair chief executive actually makes a valid point, it is greeted with a response of the Mandy Rice-Davies variety: well, he would say that, wouldn’t he? But O’Leary is 100% right that Ryanair should not have to pay for the new terminal at Dublin airport, a facility that it will never use. It is fundamentally unjust that low-cost carriers should be asked to foot the bill for a facility primarily designed for long-haul air travel.

Who pays for airports is a matter of hot debate across the globe. Toronto airport’s new terminal, built at a cost of US$4.1 billion (€3.2 billion), has been decorated with $9m of modern art and a three-storey pink granite wall that stretches for half a mile.